Swap rewards points to boost earnings

Use a cashback website or supermarket rewards scheme to really boost earnings.

Cashback website, Topcashback pays money to users who click through its site before shopping online.

You can then convert these into Avios. When This is Money tried, a John Lewis insurance policy earned £16.53 in cashback - worth 1,653 Avios.

Click through Topcashback's website before you take out an Admiral insurance policy at the moment, for example, and you earn £100 cashback - that would be worth a huge 10,000 Avios - more than enough for some European flights.

Shop at Tesco? You can exchange Clubcard points for Avios and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles.

Every 1p in Clubcard points is worth 2.5 Flying Club miles or 2.4 Avios.

Spend them wisely

Don't forget an airline point is only worth as much as you redeem it for.

Exchanging them for a reserved seat on a BA flight and you get pretty poor value, but pick a short haul return or a one-way ticket and you get bumper value from your points.

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